libjava/NEWS

   1 New in libgcj X.XX:
   2
   3 * libgcj now includes a bytecode interpreter. If a compiled version of a class
   4 is not found in the application binary or linked shared libraries, the
   5 class loader will search for a bytecode version in the CLASSPATH and execute
   6 it using the interpreter. A new front end that behaves like the traditional
   7 `java' command is also provided: `gij'.
   8
   9 * Support for specifying java system properties. Properties can either be set
  10 at runtime via the GCJ_PROPERTIES environment variable in the format
  11 "<name>=<value> ..."'; or can be compiled into an application binary using
  12 -D<name>=<value>.
  13
  14 * Support for setjmp/longjmp (sjlj) exception handling has been added, as an
  15 alternative to the existing range-table based mechanism. sjlj is the default
  16 on non-sparc, non-x86 targets, or can be specified with the
  17 `--enable-sjlj-exceptions' configure parameter.
  18
  19 * Complete JDK 1.1 reflection support, including invocation.
  20
  21 * Throwable.printStackTrace() has been implemented.
  22
  23 * Runtime.loadLibrary() has been implemented.
  24
  25 * Class.forName() will now try to load a series of shared objects in order
  26 to find the requested class.  If a class `gnu.quux.whatever' is requested,
  27 libgcj will search the system shared library path (eg LD_LIBRARY_PATH) for
  28 `gnu-quux-whatever.so', then `gnu-quux.so', and finally `gnu.so'.
  29
  30 * A pure-java implementation of java.math.BigInteger.
  31
  32 New in libgcj 2.95:
  33
  34 * First public release